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Re: Common Orcish Article (Long) - was Re: tolkien?

From:John Cowan <cowan@...>
Date:Sunday, December 14, 2003, 23:28
Herman Miller scripsit:

> There's a convention of using the letters for voiced stops in Australian > languages -- Jirrbal, Yidiny, Warrgamay, Mbabaram, Guugu Yimidhirr, etc.
That's because Australian anglophones, or at least many of them, don't voice their /b/ /d/ /g/ either. -- John Cowan jcowan@reutershealth.com www.ccil.org/~cowan www.reutershealth.com "If I have not seen as far as others, it is because giants were standing on my shoulders." --Hal Abelson